Albert Joseph

Theater Munich Group portraits of actors in historical plays » enlarge Photographers: Joseph Albert (1825 - 1886), JosephLeeb (active in Munich, 1870s/80s) and M. Pössenbacher (active in Munich, 1870s). Group portraits of actors in historicaltheater plays in Munich. 1878-79 and 1881. 4 albumen prints.Each circa 13,5 x 20,5 cm, 1 in oval format. 2 signed by thephotographer (J. Leeb) in red ink in lower right corner, eachmounted to original board (slightly soiled, time-stained andbuckled), 2 with photographer's blind stamp below the image on themount; 2 with paper label annotated in German in ink on mountverso. The earliest group portrait shows the actors of the historical play"Gringoire". Historical costume balls, as well as historicaltheater plays were very popular in Munich in the 1860s - 1870s andJoseph Albert was one of the main photographers to record theseevents. - One with some retouching and slightly faded, a few lightscuff marks, otherwise in good condition with strong tones. Lit.: Winfried Ranke. Joseph Albert - Hofphotograph der BayerischenKönige. Munich 1977, see p. 59.

Albert, Joseph Liberation Hall, Kelheim Befreiungshalle (Liberation Hall), Kelheim. 1863. Albumen printwith rounded corners. 21,5 x 17,5 cm. Mounted to original creamcard, photographer's blindstamp below the image on the mount. A very early photo of the Befreiungshalle (Liberation Hall) whichwas inaugurated in 1863 by King Ludwig I of Bavaria. - Minimaltraces of surface abrasion, otherwise a dark print in very goodcondition.

screenprint, 1972, printed in colours, on wove, signed, numbered 23/25 'a/p' in pencil, aside from the published edition of 100, printed at sirocco screenprints, new haven, published by st ives-sillman inc. new haven; apparently in excellent condition, unexamined out of the frame, 445 x 445mm (17 1/2 x 17 1/2in)(i) i-s lxxiib homage to the square

Albert Joseph (1868-1952) Printemps en Bougogne signed 'Albert Joseph' (lower right) oil on canvas 18¼ x 24 in. (46.3 x 61 cm.) Provenance Maxwell Galleries, San Francisco. Anon. sale, Butterfield & Butterfield, San Francisco, 4 April1991, lot 4095. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.